Chris Harcum
Chris Harcum is an award-winning actor, playwright, and filmmaker based in New York City. He is one half of the long-form improv duo Pedro & Chris and is a founding member of the indie theater and film company Elephant Run District. Member of SAG-AFTRA, Actors’ Equity, and the Dramatists Guild. His award-winning short comedy films include "The Big Pivot," "Coney Island Promise," and "Beyond & Above."
As a solo performer, he has created and performed "American Badass," "American Gun Show," "Anhedonia Road," "Gotham Standards," "Green," "Mahamudra," "The Preservationist," "Some Kind of Pink Breakfast, "Things You Don’t Know," and "Weight and Weightlessness." His full-length plays include "Martin Denton, Martin Denton," "Rabbit Island," "The Hypochondriac," and "The Devil in Ms. Spelvin." His writing has also appeared in The New York Times and the Brooklyn Rail.
In addition to acting in classical pieces by Shakespeare, Moliere, Chekhov, and Pirandello, Chris has worked as an actor and playwright with a number of cutting-edge and downtown NYC venues and companies including 59E59, Irondale Center, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Transport Group, FringeNYC, TOSOS, American Bard, The Brick, The Cell, The Chain, The Living Theatre, Culture Project, Peculiar Works Project, The Tank, People’s Improv Theater, Manhattan Theatre Source, Frigid New York, Metropolitan Playhouse, the Wild Project, and many others.
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